Sydney Sweeney on the March 14 premiere of ‘Immaculate’ in Los Angeles.
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When season two of Euphoria was airing in early 2022, social media was crammed with memes of Sydney Sweeney‘s terrified expressions within the present, because the web declared the star wanted to be put in a horror film as quickly as attainable. It seems she was already engaged on it, within the type of her newest movie, Immaculate.
“I already had the script so I used to be actually excited to see everyone’s reactions to Euphoria season two and everyone being like, ‘A horror movie! Give us a horror movie!’” Sweeney instructed The Hollywood Reporter on the film’s Los Angeles premiere at Past Fest on Friday. “I used to be like, ‘Simply you wait! I’ve one thing in retailer for you.’ I held onto it for a very long time.”
A very long time is an understatement, as she initially auditioned for the challenge a decade in the past, however the film was by no means made. Years later, when Sweeney’s star had risen and she or he was seeking to get into producing, she resurrected it alongside director Michael Mohan and author Andrew Lobel, as she led the movie as each star and producer.
It’s the second movie she’s produced within the final yr, following hit rom-com Anybody However You. As for her producing idols, she factors to “Margot Robbie with [her] LuckyChap [production company], Brad Pitt with [his] Plan B [company]. I believe that they’re actually inspirational.”
Sweeney — strolling the carpet alongside her grandmothers, whom she forged as extras within the movie — additionally famous that when selecting producing tasks versus strictly appearing ones, “It will depend on what involves me and what I discover and I wish to chase. I wish to produce stuff that I’m not in that I can provide storytelling to others, and simply actually will depend on the story.”
As for Immaculate, the movie follows Sweeney as an American nun who transfers to an Italian convent that harbors darkish and horrifying secrets and techniques. She reunites with Mohan after he beforehand directed her in Every part Sucks and The Voyeurs.
“This one, Sydney was my boss, she employed me, and I wished to ship for her,” the director mentioned of their third collaboration. “I’m very fortunate that we simply belief one another, and oftentimes once we’re taking pictures I’ll do a take and we are able to take a look at one another and we all know what the opposite one’s pondering and we simply go into the following take realizing that we’re on the identical web page. That shorthand is fantastic, it makes for a extremely good working relationship.”
When he signed on, Mohan additionally advised some adjustments to the script, as “the ending was much more conventional and I had this concept for what the ending could possibly be.” Sweeney and her fellow producers agreed along with his concept, which he mentioned, “I believe is maybe essentially the most disturbing ending of any mainstream horror movie.”
And as for if the web’s hopes for Sweeney’s horror debut shall be met, Mohan promised, “It completely lives up, there’s little doubt in my thoughts. I’m not a assured particular person — I’m so assured that her followers are going to adore it.”
Immaculate, which additionally co-stars The White Lotus‘ Simona Tabasco, will hit theaters on March 22.